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["Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergey AT optimaltec.com>]

Sounds like a great idea! Have you thought of possible problems with 
this approach?

shivaken wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I want to propose to a sorcery improvement.
>
> Now almost spell uses "prepare_install" to clean up obsoleted files.
> like..
> ------------
> make
> prepare_install
> make install
> -------------
> Because of this, at casting glibc, /etc/ld.so.cashe can be removed.
> Then that will cause error.
>
> To avoid this, you have to install newer files first, then remove just only 
> old files. We can find old files with comparing old install log
> (/var/log/sorcery/install/$SPELL) with new install log
>
> At that time we have to take care about config files and user data.
> For example, mysql spell installs mysql database files. We should not delete 
> them. So sorcery must know unremoval files and directory to clean up safely.
> Fortunately, Spell Writer can recognize those unremoval files.
>
> I want sorcery to be implemented that "install 1st, then clean up".
>
> How do you feel?
>
> --- shivaken
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